Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard
In an Irish seaside town in 1916, the tavern owner's daughter, Rosy Ryan, strays from her passionless marriage with a British soldier who has come to control contact between the Irish Republican Army ...( read more
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January 21, 2009I was extremely bored with this story. I don't remember any of the plot developments as described in the plot description. I've liked Lean's films, but the performances and story in this one just didn't grab a hold.
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August 3, 2008A rare misfire from a master. RYAN'S DAUGHTER, arguably David Lean's weakest film, is a self-indulgent mess; shot wonderfully but weak story and character wise. It tested my patience due to it's overlength (the version I saw was 206 minutes, but the theatrical version isn't much ...( read more)
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March 9, 2007Ryan's Daughter, like any other David Lean film is beautiful and epic. But it also drags at points--probably more so than Lean's other films. If you're a fan of Lean's other work I'd recommend it.
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January 16, 2009Compelling,aesthetic to the flesh,Miles is divine and superb as the no strings attached Rosy.Lean is masterful depicting long,riveting landscapes stretching to the edge of feelings.The storyline is actually far more solid than in Zhivago and the epic quality of this fairytale jux...( read more)
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October 24, 2009A beautiful inhuman epic about a women who falls in love with the wrong person, at the wrong place, and in the wrong time.
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October 14, 20091916 Ireland during the British Occupation following the Easter Uprising but just before the Irish Civil War, this tumultuous era is the back drop for this film. This movie is directed by David Lean, the director of "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago", so as you can imagine...( read more)
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January 19, 2007A brilliant spectacle of Ireland during World War I and a stylish love story to boot as only director David Lean could bring it. This was a grand spectacle of the big-budget films of the 1960's and early 1970's that was filmed in "Super Panavision 70" as it was meant to be seen.
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